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SUMMARY:Comparing the written production of immigrant and non-immigrant pu
 pils in bidialectal settings: exposing hidden challenges - Filio Constanti
 nou\, Faculty of Education
DTSTART:20140205T130000Z
DTEND:20140205T140000Z
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CONTACT:J. Gilevskaja
DESCRIPTION:This talk will focus on the challenges which the school-based 
 written register poses for immigrant pupils in bidialectal settings\, name
 ly\, settings where the spoken language (nonstandard variety) is\, to some
  extent\, structurally different from the written language (standard varie
 ty). The bidialectal community which provided the context for this researc
 h is Cyprus.\nThe findings which will be reported and discussed in this ta
 lk emerged from a mixed methods investigation which compared the written p
 roduction of 12-year-old immigrant and non-immigrant pupils with the aim o
 f casting light on their shared and distinct writing challenges. The quali
 tative phase of this investigation yielded a typology of writing challenge
 s\, while its quantitative component provided indications as regards the s
 everity of these challenges in the two groups. Drawing on the findings of 
 this research\, this talk will discuss the linguistic complexities with wh
 ich immigrant pupils are confronted at school and also demonstrate the per
 formance gap which appears to exist between immigrant and nonimmigrant pup
 ils on the bidialectal island of Cyprus.
LOCATION:Room 2S5\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 
 Hills Road\, Cambridge CB2 8PQ
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